Blast in Korangi area of Karachi, 1 dead

KARACHI: One person was killed and two injured when an explosion occurred in a house near Gulzar mosque in the Jumma Goth area of Ibrahim Hyderi, in Karachi on Saturday.

Express 24/7 correspondent, Sabin Agha reported the house belonged to the Sindhu Liberation Army. IG Sindh confirmed in his address to the media that the house belonged to Sindhu Liberation Army and six to seven people were preparing explosive material inside the house when the blast took place.

He added that certain pieces of evidence had been discovered from the blast site which include a telephone directory and a video cassette showing footage of an Ashura rally but had a sticker on it that said ‘valima reception’.

Pamphlets were also discovered that had been addressed to the United Nations, US Secretary General, the US President, Indian Prime Minister and the European Union and accused them of 'sabotaging' the recent floods across Sindh.

Two people were arrested while they were running away from the house.

The blast was low in intensity and resembled the blasts that took place on railway tracks in across Sindh.